Living
What Redress
From Armazindy (1894)
Living
I pray you, do not use this thing
For vengeance; but if questioning
What wound, when dealt your humankind,
Goes deepest,--surely he will find
Who wrongs you, loving him no less--
There's nothing hurts like tenderness.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “What Redress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/637/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “What Redress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/637/.
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